Coming Home

Today the kids and I joined several others from our town in welcoming home almost 200 members of the Army National Guard as they ended a year tour in Iraq. We were about 15 miles away from their final stop. It was a really neat experience to be there with all those people, all trying to show gratitude for the sacrifices those men and women made. The soldiers were escorted by several sheriff and police officers, and several motorcycles riders (similar to the Patriot Guard). The veterans on the motorcycles were impressive, probably because there were so many of them. Finally the buses came, and everyone waved and cheered. We could see some of the men on the bus, taking it all in, some taking pictures. It was really neat, and emotional, to be part of something like that. Tyler kept talking about how awesome it was as we went home. He was right. It was awesome.



This is the sign Danielle and I made.